HERZOGENAURACH, Germany - Monday, 21. August 2023 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sports company PUMA has kicked off its celebrations for the World Athletics Championships in style, welcoming athletes and media from around the world to the official opening of the PUMA House. Maria Valdes (Chief Product Officer at PUMA) and Erin Longin (General Manager, Run/Train) took to the stage alongside PUMA ambassadors, and icons of track and field including Karsten Warholm, Marcell Jacobs, Julien Alfred, Mutaz Barshim and Pia Skrzyszowska, giving insight on their preparations and expectations for the competition. Maria Valdes said: “2023 is a great year for us - it’s our 75th year anniversary – and we truly believe that track and field is the root of many sports. There are so many memorable moments we can look back on where track and field really represented our brand. From Tommie Smith back in 1968 to the numerous world records of Bolt just a couple of years ago. We hope to have more moments like this tha ... Read more »

BONN, Germany 
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The O-RAN ALLIANCE, fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks (RAN) to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced that Salam Mobile has joined as its 33rd operator member, extending the world-wide community of mobile network operators committed to deployment of O-RAN.

Salam Mobile recently announced plans to collaborate with the Open RAN ecosystem within the Open RAN network deployment and operations to power Salam’s ambition to transform its existing mobile offering by providing a richer customer experience and unlocking new possibilities for Saudi Arabia’s digitally driven generation in support of the Kingdom’s digital transformation journey.

“Operators are continuing to advance open RAN around the globe, as demonstrated by increasing membership in the O-RAN ALLIANCE,” said Alex Jinsung Choi, Chairman of the Board, O-RAN ALLIANCE. “We are ... Read more »

NOIDA, India & NEW YORK - Monday, 21. August 2023
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- HCL, a global conglomerate and UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum, announced opening the applications for the Zero Water Waste Challenge – part of the Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative. The challenge calls for innovative water usage approaches to improve freshwater conservation from supply to demand, moving towards zero water waste. At the end of the challenge, 10 winners will receive a total financial award of 1.75M CHF.

Important Dates to Note

21 August to 2 October 2023

Open for submissions

17 October to 15 November 2023

Review and selection process

January 2024

Announcement of the winning Top Innovators

This is the second challenge out of five Challenges of the HCL and UpLink’s Aquapreneur Innovation Initiative. Launched last year at Davos in May 2022, to create a first-of-its-kind innovation ecos ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- IHS Côte d’Ivoire, part of the IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”) group, one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has today announced a new collaboration with UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire. Under this partnership, IHS Côte d’Ivoire will be supporting two “Reimagining Côte d'Ivoire without violence against children” youth projects; the Youth Marketplace Agency (YOMA) and the Violence Against Children (VAC) campaign.

YOMA is a digital market-based platform designed to provide young people with the skills to transform their futures by engaging in social impact tasks with learning and income opportunities. IHS Côte d'Ivoire will be funding online courses for approximately 5,000 young people, helping them access YOMA’s educational resources.

In addition, pursuant to the VAC project, IHS Côte d'Ivoire ... Read more »

PARIS LA DÉFENSE - Monday, 21. August 2023

Thales presents its Evidence & Investigation Suite, a new generation of biometric identification solution dedicated to police and security forces.
The cutting-edge offering includes a complete set of features supported by cloud-based solutions and compact multimodal biometric devices, for faster crime-solving and efficient investigation of persons-of-interest.
In addition, the ultra-mobile multifunction application provides front-line operators with adapted biometric solution, bringing forensic investigation capabilities to the field.
 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- For decades, Thales expertise has allowed investigation professionals to record, analyze and compare biometric characteristics with the highest level of performance. Today, Thales puts forensic investigations to the next level with one of the top NIST-ranked solutions, uncompromised on accuracy, customizability, and scalability. With its new Evide ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland - Monday, 21. August 2023 AETOSWire 

Researchers Found That Fluid Therapy Guided by Noninvasive, Continuous PVi Reduced Cardiopulmonary Complications and Fluid Administered

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced the findings of a prospective, randomized study published in Perioperative Medicine in which Dr. Yu Wang and colleagues at institutions in Shenzhen, Shaoguan, and Guangzhou, China evaluated the use of noninvasive, continuous Masimo PVi®, as part of goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT), to guide intraoperative fluid administration during gastrointestinal (GI) surgery on elderly patients by comparing it to conventional fluid therapy. The researchers found that patients in the PVi group had a significantly lower rate of cardiopulmonary complications (8.4% vs 19.2%) and had a significantly lower total volume of fluid administered (median 2075 ml vs. 2500 ml).1

Noting the particular value of optimizing ... Read more »